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The Seaforth News, 1924-03-13, Page 6Ask. Your Grocer PP for a trial package of GREEN TEA Deele 11t°7o111 enjoys green tea gots will be satin., fied with no other blesad. - Try it today. About the House MISUNDERSTOOD COLORS. Most amazing things in house fur- nishings have been done with perfect complacency. For instance, mixing helter-skelter French period furniture with sturdy Elizabethan oak, or mod- est , Windsor chairs with spindly - legged gilt tables. Particularly la- mentable are the misunderstood col- ory or rather the wrong use of colors. Dreary rooms can be made cheerful and too bright and dazzling rooms can be softened in effect by the skill- ful use of color. The warm colors, cream, yellow -toned orange and tan, russet, rose and toned reds, are best when used on the north side of the house or in roonia where direct sun- shine is a rarity. The cool colors, such as greens, blues, grays and combina- tions of these appear to better advan- tage in rooms where the sun is a fre- quent visitor. More brilliant color can be used out of doors than inside the house where- it is shut in with us. Bright color is too exciting and causes unconsciously nervousness, strain and fatigue. No matter on what scale a house is furnished, one of its alms should be restfulness. The mistake so many people make is in thinking that red is cheerful and a' good color to use in a dark room. On the contrary, red absorbs the light, makes a room smaller than it really is, causes ugly, gloomy shadows in the corners, and at night, under the electric light, seems to turn into a murky red-black—a color for murder- ous thoughts and deeds! Besides, this color is a severe strain on the eyes, and many a red living room is the cause of seemingly unaccountable headaches. Avoid, too, the semi -museum kind of house, where collections of old fur- niture and pieces, once beautiful and perhaps useful, now merely take up space and require care. Different period styles may be used together successfully if color, similarity of lines and usefulness are taken into consideration. KEEP YOUR MACHINE FIT. "Give your sewing machine a chance to save you work," is the ad- vice of Miss Hazel Manning. The spring sewing will be more easily done if the sewing machine is in shape. The equipment for the upkeep of the machine may consist of: cleaning cloths, a can of the best grade oil, a brush to free the "feed" from line, a screw driver, a wrench, and an inex- pensive strap -cutter and punch to re- pair the "belt." "Oil can make or mar your ma- chine," says Miss Manning. "Poor oil have a tendency to gum and to make tt run hard. The gummy substance tan be removed best by dropping a little alcohol into the oil holes and running the machine for a short time Unthreaded. A reliable oil should then be used. Ordinarily, once a month is often enough for oiling, but a machine that is in constant use should be oiled sparingly every day. It is the quality, not the quantity, of oil that is import- ant," she declares. In cleaning, silk or linen cloths are referable to those of cotton or woolen its the latter leave loose threads and lint on the machine. Always close the machine when through using it, Dust tends to col- Seet in the oil and causes the machine' to work very hard and even to squeak. In such cases, remove the head of the, machine from its table and soak for twenty-four hours in kerosene, At the end of this time it should be wiped thoroughly, replaced, and oiled. Poor stitching may be due to dif- ferent causes. "Skip -stitching,' de -1 Glares Miss. Manning, "may mean that l the needle is too fine for the thread, is 1 bent, or is incorrectly threaded or set, I If the stitch underneath is poor, it means that the top tension needs.ad- justing. If the stitching on top is not satisfactory, the bottom tension is at fault. Needles are easily bent if the thread is pulled forward instead of backward under the presser -foot when the material is removed from the ma- chine." Care in operating a sewing machine will add years to its life. Continual dropping of the presser -foot will gradually dislocate the feed. "Ex-' ceeding the speed limit" in stitching injures the machine and results in poor work. Cloth should never be pulled through a machine. "Do not cast aside the attach- ments, concluded Miss Manning, "The time spent in learning their use from allinstructionbook is more than paid for in the end by unthought-of results in tucking, gathering, and hemming," A PRETTY NIGHT DRESS. 4586 Nainsook, crepe or crepe de chine are attractive materials for this design. Luca or insertion or, a simple finish of hem -stitching will be suitable for•'tiimming, The. Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes:I Small, 34-36; Medium, 88-40; Large, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust measure. .4 Medium size requires 4% yards of 86 -inch material. To trim with contrasting material re- quires aft yard 36 inches wide or, 2% yards of lace 3 inches wide if trim- med as illustrated. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 150 in silver, by the Wilson Publishing Co., '73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. "Standby" Cakes. For use with this and other des - MusD and the Pests., A recent Investigation Into the ef- feet ofmusic en mice revealed the in- teresting and valuable• information that these rodents are very fond of "the tinkling etreins" of certain kinds of music. In an attempt to put this musical urge, which Ls manifest in all animals and insects, to a practical use, bhe author has errlyerl et the following conclusions, all based on a careful scientific study, and given to the world only after a meet careful test as to their practicabilty. et is found that the Mad Scene from Lucia has a hoed peculiar effect on the bedbug, It causes a most dectded'per- plexity on the part of the bug during the opening atreina, which le followed by a frenzied rush for a crack or cre- vice, where it will remain quiet for the rest of the might. Cockroaches are very easily led from the house by playing something with lively march time. - Some of Men- delssohn'e compositions give immedi- ate results, The cockroaches follow the music out of the house ea the Hameline kide followed the Pied Piper. In the fall, when the ladybugs infest the house, they may be dealt with very humanely by having a repeater on your phonograph and constantly play- ing Heme, Sweet Ronne, Rats are especially susceptible to the Strauss waltzes. Wine, women and song has given the best results. The reader must be warned against jazzing the music, for jazz has a parte lyzing effect on rate, and it will be im- TYPEWRITERS TO RENT Underwoods for practice purposes. Special rates' to students. Also re. built Underwoods for tale'at meder- ate prices by the makers United Typewriter Co., Limited 137 Victoria; St.,' Toronto posetble to get;many-of thena front un -:l der the floors'aud 'from between the 'Walls, where, without going into de- tails, it may be said that they will I prove a decided guisanee, especially In loot weather. The moat remarkable rebults are ob- tained in i It Bing °the neighbor's, chickensltiut' eseur garden. Simply) have your phonograph out' there and 'put on 1, catchy darky melody. A BLENDED TEA IS BETTER. Tea from one garden, no matter how fine it is, possesses oertain desirable qualities but may lack others, because. all characteristics are not developed under the same conditions. It the tea' has a perfect flavor it may lack body; it it has body it is perhaps without the same perfection of flavor. To cam - bine all desirable characteristics in one blend has been the work of the "SALADA" experts for over a quarter of a century and "SALADA" is the fruit of ,their labors, ,The flavor is tea grown, The Hidden ► BY J. B. HARRIS-BURLAND ur steadily' to his feet, cried out, "What? What is it you see?" "I thought the curtain moved. It seemed to shake as though someone were behiitd"it " • Mr. Higgies.,wiilked to 'the, window and Peter's hand shot forward and hovered for a moment over the glass of port Two or three drops of some white liquid tell into the clear deep red of the wine. The hand wag ,be- neath the table again as Mr. Higgins drew aside the curtain and showed the black oblong of the mullioned window. "I don't see anything, Mr. Peters. Must have been the wind or your fancy." "You"' make else afraid of the sha- dows," said Peters in a low voice, "with all your talk of ghosts."' • The old man chuckled. "Thought as, you didn't' believe in .them," he said, "I don't, and I'll bet you a quid that I'll spend a whole night in the studio." "No, you 'won't do that, Mr. Peters,' and Pll tell you why. It's locked up, and it wont be opened until. the mas- ter comes back." "That's a pity,' said Peters after a pause. "Well, I must be going to bed. Here's to 'a good night's rest and no ghosts.' He drained his glass. The old but- ler followed his example and smacked bis. lips. 'The bottom of the bottle ain't quite sweet," he said.. "Good -night; Mr. Peters. You'd better take a candle with you. You've further to go than I have." "Yes, you sleep down here, ' don't you?. That's your .bedroom in there, isn't it?" and he pointed at a door. `Quite like having a little flat of your own, isn't it?" "Yes, Mr. Peters, but I'm an old servant—a very old servant." a h,.. s It was notuntil half an hour after midnight that Me. Peters crept out of his bedroom at the top of the house and made his way downstairs. Over his pyjamas he had put on a� pair of flannel trousers and a coat. Ile' was wearing rubber -soled boots and he made no sound Save for Higgins, there was no one on the two, lower floors of the house. It was not likely that Higgins, under the influence of a mill * CHAPTER XXVL— Cont'd, "Sixty-two 1 sleeving draught and two-thirds of a ( ) I y years, Mr, Peters—man bottle of port, would be roused from It was this arrangement, overheard! and boy. I was seventy-four a week his slumbers by anything leas than a' by Peters, that made the detective' ago and I h to 1 th severe physical shock, silly little iron door.Aye, the doctor, he were a fine gentle -)else came on the scene Peters had his "Ardington has something to hide man, though he worked his way up story all cut and dried for consump- 10 that studio," Kane argued. "The from nothing, so to speak. They say tion. Peters had heard a noise, had door is always locked except when he earned nigh on two hundred thought that it might be a burglar, Merrington is working in there. lie thousand pounds by giving folk physic and had gone downstairs to see what is afraid that Merrington will forget d adv ce, was going on. Peters Intended to lock to lock the door. And so he has ac.- The conversation shifted to Ard- the door of the studio and it was ranged for Merrington to have two ington's father, and then to Arding- hardly likely that he would be caught days' holiday and stay et Trehorn's ton himself. Again and again Petere in the very act of attempting to open house." �- h g , came ere clean e more anxious than aver to open that boots and knives when I were twelve.I But if by chance Higgins or anyone I n I d to get some information of that little iron door of t e oven, But It as not only an opportunity to interest out of the old man and had if by any mischance he were caught work undisturbed at the opening of failed most signally. But to -night either entering or leaving the studio meat to open it. Mr. Peters was very of a bottle of port and was inclined had been roused by theghoststory the oven door, but a stronger induce- Me. Higgins had drunk three parts he intended to say that 'is curiosity pleased with himself. If there was to be garrulous. of Mr. Higgiire and that he had made anything hidden awe in that stn ' u his mint. to spend part of tire ' y dio, The shallow stream of the eonver p p e night he intended to find it. He had two sation trickled on and on, but there in the old monastic.. kitchen. And if clear days, and though he could only were no fish in it. Peters listened for he was asked how he had made leis work at night he could be sure of be- awhile, and then he began to talk way into a room that was locked up, ing undisturbed. Hitherto he had been about the studio and the old kitchen. he proposed to say that he had enter - afraid of Ardington. But now Ard- Mr. Higgins had a great deal to say ed by the window which had been left g was safe in London. And, talking over the matter with Mr. Kane, they had decided that it would be as well to make certain that Ardington was safe in London. And eo a detective was sent to Victoria to report Ardington's arrival, and Mr. Kane himself had promised to keep an eye on Dedbury Sation until the last train had come in. "I know nothing about the ser- An old sort of an oven or some- vants," said Kane. "You pught to thing in there, reckon," said Peters. know all about them by now. Perhaps "I saw the iron door." Mr. Ardington has told the butler The butler made no reply. He to keep an eye on the studio. You had merely raised the glass to his lips, better see that the butler sleeps a "Used to bake the bread there I little more soundly than usual, From daresay," Peters continued, sipping. what you tell me, you need not worry his wine. about the head footman." "Not in my time," said the butler, "Not in the least" Peters replied "and I wouldn't go into that old kit - with a grin. "He's going to take a then after dark by myself—not if you little holiday." paid me for it" Ardington did not leave the house Peters laughed. He knew what was until after dinner, and he was to coming—some story invented by Ard- drop Merrington and Merrington', ington to keep the servants from polo suit -case at Trehorn's house on his ing about in the studio. , a g ort?' he queried. Mr. Higgins nodded. "Never seen it myself," he said soberly, but Mr. Ardington has seen it, and his father serfs and to serve with tea or at lunch-, before hlm." ing he made himself particularly "One of the old monks, I expect, eon one may bake these attractive pleasant to the old man. They drank Mr. Higgins." .standby" cakes instead of the usual port together when the maidservants' "Yes—one of the last of them. They cookies, These get their name be- had gone to bed, and Peters listened say as he was murdered and that he cause they are the housewife's "stand- patiently to story after story of the only shows himself when death is by"—they can be kept on hand always 1 old days, when Ardington's grand- about" land, instead of getting shale, they im. father ruled at the Priory. I "I know," laughed Peters. "The grave with age. A fine gentleman he was, Mr. Pe- usual thing, eh, Mr. Higgins?" Cream three-quarteaa of a cup of tern, said the butler. "There ain'tI The butler frowned. "You're butter and then gradually add a clip- many like him in these days." t young," he said, "and one has to make "Nor good servants like you, Mr, allowances for you. fill of brown 'sugar. Beat two eggs Higgins, I'll be bound. Sixty yeare in "Oh, we don't believe in ghosts in well and stir them up. Sift together a one place! Well, that is something these days, Mr. Higgins." to be proud of." I "Nor in anything else, Mr, Peters. Well, I'm telling you the truth when. i I say that someone did die when Mr. Ardington's father saw the ghost, and ' it was no less a person that our Mr. Ardington's elder brother. He was not in England and the folk here don't know much about it. He was' drowned at sea." "A mere coincidence," sneered Pet- ers. "And the second death?" "I never, heard of that, but no doubt it hapPened." "When?" "Last Sanuary, Mr•, Peters." "So short a time, ago he that?" "Aye, and near the end of the month, too." Peters was sheat. It was near the end of the month that Paula Mooring. ton had died. And he, Peters, was. down at Dedbury to try to link usi Ardington with Paula Merrington's death—at least he supposed he was there for that purpose. Be had been told nothing definite but his instruc- tions had boon clear enough. "There's something wrong about Ardington," Crust had• said to .hili, `.'You'vo got to find out what it !a" For a few moments neither of the. Doesn't hart one bit! Drop a 11ttle two men spoke, Then Peters, 'who ' Freezonc" on an aching corn, in-' was- facing the window in Mr. Hig- stantly that corn stops' hurting, then gin's own private little sitting -seem, shortly you lift it right off with lingers, suddenly bent forward with a look of horror in his eyes. Your druggist .ells a tiny bottle of , i,.,Higgllis" hs gasped,"what-- ' Freezgnc' for a few cents, sulfioient what to that'"' to ieniova, every hard 0002; eoi't earn, The, old man tut-ried anti, rising un - or corn between the toes, and, the foot ' oallus,es, wehout sureness or irritation: Nllneed's Liniment, ethal.,,puts:. about the monks, but when Peters in- unfastened by mistake. terrupted him and said, "What a fine Mr, Peters, however, hoped that big chimney, Mr. Higgns," it seemed none of these things would happen, to Peters that the old butler suddenly and particularly he hoped thatc no one became very wide awake, would be able to examine, the contents "One more glass," said Mr. ��Hig scarcely of his po possible, fort Peterswaswass gins, `and then we'll go to bed. pand, Peters filled upthe twoglasses and strong, active man, unless they called in the outdoor servants, he the bottle was empty_ could deal with Higgins and a few women. He crept down in the dark and groped his way to the door of the atu dio. Then, taking a key from his way to the station. Peters himself carried down the luggage and saw them into the car. Ile had always been on very good terms with the butler, and that even - "Ah h " FREE • FREE A O CATALOGUE --OF+ BFTB AND SUPPLIES Prices the best. Our new illustrated Catalogue is now off the press, ;everyone in- terested in Radio should have one, W. P. Earle Electric • Supply Co. 1284. St, Clair Ave. • Toronto, Ont. cup and a half of flour, a teaspoon of cinnamon, a quarter teaspoon of cloves and half a teaspoon of nutmeg (this last may be omitted if (lesired), and add these to the other ingrodlents'. Then stir In a cup of seedless raisins and halt a cup of chopped nuts. Place the batter by spoonfuls on shallow greased enameled ware bak- ing pans and bake until brown. * FOR BAKING DAY. 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It induced a number ,of firms, of its membership, to be repro rented in exhibits, 'and in _addition, .several individual business houses, tots lowing its'; lead, organized their separ- ,ate exhibits, The entire representat. tion of British industries constituted a comparatively: small exhibit, but 1t was in the nature of an experiment, or rather, it would be more exact to say that the :leaders of the Federation were content to let it. go as a smalls exhibit to prove the value of ,such and permit it to grow with future years. A lengthy and comprehensive re: port published by the Federation testi. fies to the outstanding'and unqualified success from the British exhibitors' point of view. The Fedetation,'as an organization seeking the best interests. of 'British • manufacturers and the dee velopment-of Empire markets, is en- tirely satisfied with .the result's achiever', and' individual exhibitors are enthusiastic over the success Of their single representations. The opinion is unanimous that consider- able advantageous trade may be de yeloped by this means. • The Benefits; of the Exhibits. The benefits of the representation of British industries have been many and varied in the view of the Federation. The exhibits were viewed by at least, a quarter of a million people and elicited a more than ordinary public interest, Trade inquiries were numer' ous, and nearly all exhibitors repro, sented on the ground reported orders and inquiries of the greatest import- ane'. The decision was general among British manufacturers that there were wide possibilities of ex- tending trade with"Canada, a situation of which many of them had previously been entirely ignorant. The whole report is a pleasing testi- mony to, the great value of the Canao dian National'gxbibition as a trade medium. It styles it unique, and dif- tererit Yrom exhibitions held else- where. It emphasizes the fact that it is the largest annual exhibition in the world, and the; difficulty, those twits,. miller with the'country or the esehibl tion, to realize this and just what ii means. It stresses particularly the growing international character of the Canadian exhibitloe, the representee tion Yrom the United States, France, Cuba, and Mexico, and brings out, as a striking fact, that a conservative es. timate places the total number of United States visitors to the exhibi. tion at over 200,000, and that on one single afternoon. 8,600 American auto. mobiles were harked in the exhibition grounds. It was with the utmost gratification that Canada saw the first concerted re. presentation of British manufacturers at her national exhibition, and the Do- minion is naturally further gratfied to learn of the unquestioned success of. this Bret showing, because it means a greater and more adequate repretsentg, l icon ;this year and in future years,. "This exhibition," said one British manufacturer, "is without doubt an 'eye open,er' as to the enormous trade that can. be done in Canada provided the merchandise Is good and at the right price," and the report concludes with the Federation's hope that the section so well begun will continue as a permanent and valuable part of the exhibition's :further development. Sea Transport Triumphs.' A wonderful feat of transportation by sea is expeoted to take place short-, ly. This will lee the removal of a giant floating dock from England to Biagio pore, a distance of eight thousasttt, miles. The deck in question, which is neons ed for the now naval base, 1s 900 ft«, long. It flee already travelled front' ;Germany to itlngland, a;nsi since then, Nether sections have been added to Lk Itis expected that when it starts en its 1atet journey, it will be nut into se.ctions,'lyhich will be reassembled Mt their arrivtitin Singapore. , 'Dhes recallt,allother wonderful feat of tranenortatic Cleopatra's Needle, Which now stands tr the Thames Em• bankmewt in Londop,"t�w,��� as 'mitt at Heliopolis, in Elgypt; abo'iltt,_tho VMS 1476' BO. Together with • a Y' win": needle, it wee moved later to Alex dria, while about fifty years ago. it wap decided to bring it to England. O1tee patra's Needle atanda'nearly 705*, hig and weighs 186 tons,; It wee -obvious. 1 tra . or this no mean las t to us t sono P mous load over the sea for• more then two thousand nitres,. In 1877 the Needle wee encased in s cylindrical raft and launched. Tis strange versed and, the shin that towed it encountered bad luck almost (role; the first, 'e'errifie storms arose and 14 the Bay of Biscay the raft had to be abandoned, It seemed that Cleopatra' Needle had been lost. But a year late/ it was recovered, brought to Lander!; and placed on the .Embankment.. ) { Ho who chases two hares catohell neither. There is nothing which has not been `; bitter before being ripe. 1'.